. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Angelo's Whispers

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Angelo's Whispers



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When I lived

Depression followed me like an old friend
Standing always beside me
In the dark

And when I tried to raise my lonely old spirit

It just whispered old familiar lies
To keep me on its rusty
Old swings

To stay
Forever lost within its overgrown parks

When I smiled at the world
And raised my head
Above its dusty parapets

It just said its old prayers
And filled me full
Of my favorite regrets

But now that I’m
Dead

I now know
A sacred secret

You must fight the darkness
Whenever it appears

In whatever disguise
Or assumed name

It’s just a shame
Death has took me
To finally know this

Find someone to love
Just dip your toes

Ankle deep into life and get thoroughly
Beautifully wet

Remember
Life is exquisite
Beyond its veils of self-perceived depression

There is bliss to be found
On those beautiful hunting grounds

You just have to regain
Your faith and self-belief
And trust them

So as they slowly rise
In frequency

As you embrace progression

Leading you to remember 
That unspoken truth
Once whispered to you at birth

That you might have chosen to forget

I only have a lonely voice in here
But its message was simply this

Enjoy all aspects of your life
No matter how hard
It gets

You were always born free
For you don’t want to take anything

Into this afterlife

And suffer for eternity
Endlessly spinning within its dark
Depths

So take it from one who knows
As old regrets

Follow me 
Like a second shadow

Everywhere 
I go

Copyright John Duffy

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